Dingbian County () is a county in the northwest of

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

province, China, bordering the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the west and

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to the north. It is the westernmost county-level division under the administration of Yulin City.

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Dingbian County is divided to 1

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, 16

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, and 2 townships. ;Subdistricts * () ;Towns ;Townships * () * ()

Climate

Transportation

* China National Highway 307 * G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway * Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway; at Dingbian, the Dingbian-Yinchuan branch joins the main Taiyuan-Zhongwei line.

References

County-level divisions of Shaanxi Yulin, Shaanxi {{Shaanxi-geo-stub